Flamboyant wrestling star Sweet Daddy Siki was also a country crooner

One of the unique manoeuvres wrestler Sweet Daddy Siki inflicted upon his opponents was an incapacitating reverse chin lock he called “the Beatnik Hangman.” His more remarkable grip was the hold he had on audiences across Canada.Born Elkin James, the native Texan and transplanted Torontonian was an acrobatic African-American Adonis who typically arrived to the ring at Maple Leaf Gardens and elsewhere in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s sporting a sequined cape and radiating a flamboyant air. Sometimes an assistant would help him remove a pair of white gloves, dramatically and meticulously. As a wrestler, the 245-pound Mr. Siki was a springy mauler known for flying leg licks.